re: Newest Realignment "Rumor"

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and PS, comparing the impact of Big East schools which are all small private religious based to a large state school like Kansas is just silly.

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They're all basketball schools. Comparing them is justified.


Also, you seem to be ignoring the fact that adding Kansas would only dilute the overall SEC Network revenue PER SCHOOL (which is set to become the lifeblood of the conference in the future)

When the SEC Network launched, they had a goal of reaching a total of 75 Million households (Which they're close to). Out of those 75 Million, 28 Million of those households would be inside current SEC states. That means that there is an average of 2 million households per school.

The state of Kansas currently has a total of 3 million people which translates to a little over 1.1 million households (as of 2010 Census). Even if we were to assume that every household in Kansas had cable, it would still come nowhere near close to benefiting the conference.

So again I say; the state of Kansas is worthless. They would only dilute the conference payout (per member) if they were to join. I rest my case.